Year in Japan
807 in Japanese History
5 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Heian period (平安時代, 794 – 1185).
Era name: Daidō 大同 (year 2 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Zentsū-ji Temple 善通寺 · Buddhist temple — Shingon temple in Zentsūji, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 75 on the Shikoku 88 temple pi
- Motoyama-ji Temple 本山寺 · Buddhist temple — Shingon temple in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 70 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilg
- Myōō-in Temple 明王院 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
- Kiyomizu-dera Temple 清水寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
- Shuzen-ji Temple 修禅寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple of the Sōtō sect dedicated to Vairocana in Izu, Japan
Reading the year 807 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 807 corresponds to Daidō 大同 (year 2 of the era). Years are written with 年 (ねん, nen) — so 1600 appears as 慶長5年, "the fifth year of Keichō".
The year itself is read 807年 (807ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 9th century for its neighbours.